Ashurbanipal 155 (Q007563)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 155 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007563 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [...] ... [... he ga]ve me (and) taught me [...] he entrusted [me] with the making of their exalted emblems; [offspring of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria]; descendant of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, I — |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | [...] the god Nabû [...] I captured my enemies [ali]ve (and thus) achieved m[y] heart’s desire. [... (the god Nabu), the sc]ribe of everything, [I ...] the land Elam. I cut off the head of Teumman, their king, in the assembly of his troops. [I placed] Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), a son of Urt[ak]u — a (former) king of the land Elam — who had fled to me (and) had grasped my feet, on his (Teumman’s) throne. I installed [Tamm]arītu, the third brother of Ummanigaš, as king in the city Ḫidalu. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 9'9'–o 13'13' | (As for) Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), the servant installed by me (lit. “my hand”), [he ...] the kindness [...], took [br]ibe(s) [fr]om Šamaš-šuma-ukīn [...], (and) sent [his forces with them]. My [battl]e [troops] who were ma[rching] about in Karduniaš (Babylonia) (and) subduing Chaldea came up [against] them and brought [about their defeat]. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'–o 15'15' | [Tammarīt]u — (the one who is) not the brother of Ummanigaš — [rebelled] against U[mmanigaš and struck him], together with his family, [down with the sword]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | [(As for) Tamm]arītu, who sat on the [throne of the land Elam] after Ummanigaš (and) did [not] inquire about the well-being of [my royal majesty (...), as a result of the su]pplications that I had addressed to the god Bēl (Marduk) and the god Nabû, th[ey] l[istened to my prayers]. Indabibi, a servant of his, rebelled against him and brought abo[ut] his defeat [in a pitched battle]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | Tammarītu, his brothers, his family, the seed of his father’s house, and the nobles who ma[rch at his side], fled from Indabibi — his (Tammarītu’s) servant — and he grasped the feet of [my] royal [majesty]. |
| Reverse [6:14] r 77–r 1414 | I sent (a messenger) to Ummanaldašu, the king of the land Elam, in ord[er to ...] concerning the journey of the goddess Nanāya from Susa to Uruk, but he did not [...]. For a third time, by the command of the god Nabû, the honored son of the king of the gods (Marduk), who is clothed in awe-inspiring radiance, [I went] to E[lam]. (rev. 10) I conquered, destroyed, d[emolished, (and) burned with fire] fourteen fortified cities, their royal residence(s), together with small(er) settlements, which [were] wit[hout] number, and twelve districts that were in the land Elam, all of it. I [carried off to Assyria] their gods, their goddesses, possessions, property, people — male (and) female — horses, mu[les, ...], donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats, which were more numerous than locusts. [I grasped] the hands of the goddess Nanāya, the pre-eminent one of Eanna, the spouse of the god Nabû, ... [...]. |
| Reverse [14:18] r 1515–r 1818 | At that time, [I had] a knife [made] of reddish gold who[se] wei[ght] is five minas [...]. May [...] the praise of [his] hero[ism, as muc]h as I had spoken, [...] to preserve my life, to make [the foundation(s) of] my royal throne [firm, to make my reign endure ... May ...] the rest of the land of my enemies ... the la[nd El]am, as much as [...]. |
| Reverse [18:20] r 1919–r 2020 | (As for) [the o]ne who er[ases] my inscribed name (or) the name of my father (or) my grandfather (and) [writes his (own) name, ma]y [the god Na]bu, the triumphant heir, an[grily] curs[e him and make his name (and) seed disappear from the land]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [... iš]-ru-ka u₂-ša₂-ḫi-za-an-⸢ni⸣ x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢e-peš⸣ si-ma-a-ti-šu₂-nu MAḪ.MEŠ u₂-mal-la-⸢a⸣ [ŠU.II-u-a] | |
| 4' | [ṣi-it lib₃-bi {m}AN.ŠAR₂-PAP-AŠ MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂]{⸢ki⸣} ŠA₃.BAL.BAL {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR AN.⸢ŠAR₂{ki⸣} a-na-ku-ma | |
| 5' | [...] {⸢d⸣}AG x [... bal]-⸢ṭu⸣-us-su-un {lu₂}⸢KUR₂.MEŠ⸣-ia ak-šu-ud am-ṣa-a ma-la lib₃-bi-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 6' | [... {(d}AG)] ⸢DUB⸣.SAR gim-ri {⸢kur}ELAM.MA{ki⸣} [x (x)] x KUD-is SAG.DU {m}te-⸢um⸣-man LUGAL-šu₂-nu ina UKKIN ERIM.ḪI.A-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [u₂-še-šib] ⸢ina {giš}GU⸣.ZA-šu₂ {m}um-man-i-gaš DUMU {m}ur-⸢ta-ki⸣ LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša₂ in-nab-ta iṣ-ba-ta GIR₃.II-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 8' | {[m}tam]-⸢ma-ri-tu⸣ ŠEŠ {⸢m}um⸣-man-i-gaš šal-ša₂-a-a ina {uru}ḫi-da-lu ⸢aš₂-kun a-na LUGAL-u-ti⸣ | |
| 9' | {[m}um]-⸢man-i-gaš ARAD⸣ ši-kin ŠU.II-ia DUG₃.GA-tu x x [...] | |
| 10' | [la]-⸢pa⸣-an {m}{d}⸢GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA⸣ x [...] | |
| 11' | [ṭa]-⸢aʾ⸣-tu₂ ⸢im-ḫur⸣ iš-pu-⸢ra⸣ [e-mu-qi-šu₂ it-ti-šu₂-un] | |
| 12' | [ERIM.MEŠ] ⸢ME₃⸣-ia ša₂ ina {kur}kar₂-{d}dun-ia₂-aš₃ it-ta-⸢na⸣-[al-la-ku u₂-kab-ba-su {kur}kal-du] | |
| 13' | [EDIN]-⸢uš⸣-šu₂-un e-lu-nim-ma iš-⸢ku⸣-[nu taḫ-ta-šu₂-un] | |
| 14' | {[m}tam-ma-ri]-⸢tu⸣ la ŠEŠ {m}um-man-i-gaš EDIN {m}⸢um⸣-[man-i-gaš ib-bal-kit-ma] | |
| 15' | [ša₂-a-šu₂] ga-du IM.RI.A-šu₂ u₂-[ra-as-sib ina {giš}TUKUL] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[m}tam]-⸢ma⸣-ri-tu₂ ša₂ EGIR {m}um-man-i-gaš u₂-ši-bu ina {⸢giš⸣}[GU.ZA {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 2 | [la] iš-ʾa-a-lu šu-lum [LUGAL-ti-ia (...)] | |
| 3 | [ina] ⸢su⸣-up-pe-e ša {d}EN u {d}AG u₂-sap-pu-u₂ ⸢iš⸣-[mu-u₂ un-ni-ni-ia] | |
| 4 | {⸢m⸣}in-da-bi-bi ARAD-su EDIN-uš-šu₂ ib-bal-kit-ma BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂ ⸢iš-kun⸣ [ina ME₃ EDIN] | |
| 5 | {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ qin-nu-šu₂ NUMUN E₂ AD-šu₂ u₃ NUN.MEŠ a-⸢li⸣-[kut A₂.II-šu₂] | |
| 6 | la-pa-an {m}in-da-bi-bi ARAD-šu₂ in-nab-tu₂-ma iṣ-ba-ta GIR₃.II ⸢LUGAL⸣-[ti-ia] | |
| 7 | šu-ut a-lak {d}na-na-a ul-tu₂ qe₂-reb {uru}šu-ša₂-an a-na UNUG{ki} a-[na ...] | |
| 8 | a-na {m}um-man-al-da-si LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} aš₂-pur-šu₂-ma ul ⸢iš⸣-[...] | |
| 9 | šal-ši-a-nu ina qi₂-bit {d}AG DUMU LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ kab-ti ša₂ lit-bu-šu₂ nam-ri-ri a-na {kur}⸢ELAM⸣.[MA{ki} al-lik] | |
| 10 | 14 URU.MEŠ dan-nu-ti mu-šab LUGAL-ti-šu₂-un a-di URU.MEŠ TUR.MEŠ ša₂ ni-ba ⸢la⸣ [i-šu-u₂] | |
| 11 | u₃ 12 na-ge-e ša₂ qe₂-reb {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ka-li-ša₂ ak-šu-ud ap-pul ⸢aq⸣-[qur ina {d}GIŠ.BAR aq-mu] | |
| 12 | DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂-un {d}15.MEŠ-šu₂-un NIG₂.ŠU.MEŠ NIG₂.GA.MEŠ UN.MEŠ NITA MUNUS ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ⸢ANŠE⸣.[KUNGA.MEŠ ...] | |
| 13 | ANŠE.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ u ṣe-e-ni ša₂ e-li BURU₅.ḪI.A ma-aʾ-du ⸢aš₂⸣-[lu-la a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 14 | ŠU.II {d}na-na-a e-tel-let e₂-an-na ḫi-rat {d}AG x x x x x (x) [...] | |
| 15 | ina u₄-me-šu₂ ma-ak-ka-su KU₃.⸢GI HUŠ.A ša⸣ 5 MA.NA ⸢KI⸣.[LA₂-šu₂ ...] | |
| 16 | ta-na-at-ti qar-ra-[du-ti-šu₂ ma]-⸢la⸣ ad-⸢bu-bu li⸣-[...] | |
| 17 | TI.LA ZI-ti₃-ia ⸢kun⸣-[ni SUḪUŠ {giš]}GU.ZA ⸢LUGAL⸣-ti-⸢ia⸣ [šul-bur BALA.MEŠ-ia ...] | |
| 18 | si-it-ti KUR {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-ia x [x] {⸢kur}ELAM⸣.MA{⸢ki⸣} ma-⸢la⸣ [...] | |
| 19 | ⸢ša⸣ MU šaṭ-ru MU AD-⸢ia AD⸣ AD-ia i-⸢pa⸣-[aš₂-ši-ṭu MU-šu₂ i-šaṭ-ṭa-ru] | |
| 20 | {[d]}⸢AG IBILA⸣ šit-lu-ṭu ⸢ag⸣-[giš] ⸢li-ru-ur⸣-[šu₂-ma MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR li-ḫal-liq] | |
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